Focus On Vision: Advances Driving Vision Tech | March 11, 2026

The episode covers recent breakthroughs in machine vision, from autonomous robots like Tally achieving UL certification to biohybrid sensors mimicking natural eyes and software advancements in autonomous navigation.
March 11, 2026

In this episode of Focus on Vision, Justine Murphy covers some of the latest technology found in machine vision.

  • Tally, an autonomous mobile robot created by San Francisco-based retail automation technology developer Simbe Robotics, has become a fixture in many retail stores worldwide. And now, it—and the company—are being more widely recognized.
  • Artificial vision systems are one step closer to behaving like natural eyes, thanks to a biohybrid image sensor that could someday restore impaired vision.
  • The already-established success of the Helm.ai Driver is now boasting expanded capabilities. The mapless software, created by Helm.ai, a California-based developer of AI software for autonomous driving and robotics automation, now features a new production-ready, vision-only software stack.

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Time Stamps

0:00 Intro

0:19 Simbe Robotics Achieves UL 3300 Certification 

1:32 Image Sensor Could Restore Impaired Vision

2:45 Helm.ai Mapless Software Expands its Capabilities 

3:54 Outro

 

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About the Author

Justine Murphy

Justine Murphy

Justine Murphy is the multimedia director for Endeavor Business Media's Digital Infrastructure Group. She is a multiple award-winning writer and editor with more 20 years of experience in newspaper publishing as well as public relations, marketing, and communications. For nearly 10 years, she has covered all facets of the optics and photonics industry as an editor, writer, web news anchor, and podcast host for an internationally reaching magazine publishing company. Her work has earned accolades from the New England Press Association as well as the SIIA/Jesse H. Neal Awards. She received a B.A. from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

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